Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-27
a Halt Hours Chat with MIR. Henry
Stout OF Wood County, One of
the Texas Veterans.
He Relates the Circumstances Con
nected with the Finding OF the
Bones Of John D. Denton.
The Battle IN WE.cA D"aion was Killed,
in 1871, FoGght ~ G'a-rant County
incidents &c ghe Battle.
Uanlh OF Bowie, the Distinguished Dheru-
B=e Uh,ef, y 40 V-l,s 81 Friend 10 Jhe
White Ran OF -sx.s,

y S,a-.d 10 from Of GiHocchio's hotel a.
IT, Ja.oE Degot was ar Old gentleman Of
p-ca .gs four Sc r. years and ter, eyjoy-
ing me 5GsC2e a. &c came over the prairie
He vsasEola resident ii a5y towD. that Ha-
evij n; he was not the typical farmer
either, but belonged to q generation that
has passed away and to a time long since
marked down Il he gyea. calendar. He
was ,au, slender and mGcvelousiy active
Tor one II Us age, ard his q1ick move
mems saa rapid gestures waite talking,
showed ther Inc Old ire h-A not al
died oU.. HIS hcqd was covered
SIth fd.l suit ri haiT, almost white, lis
face wGs clean Shaven aGG his apDare-
bespoke more he frontier cowboy, mod
fed 10 suit old sge, than anything else.
lie had reached the CITY il the morning
and had t. lay over until uig2t waiting
for : TAIN, and occupied MS time in look
in9 uut upon me prGiries and over the
hilltops, soIilCquiZiug; "Ihere; yes.
right down y0nGer by that third piece OF
wupG i where we passed IN Al ! can
follow the trt}l from r%2t here TO Whe:e
We buried Denton. YES. taap7 it: |
knew l could fad il; | found Denton's
crave gnd dug no his bones nigh onto
thirty eight years efter WE buried him,
and can tell Just where The trail runs
from the big spring up yondtr to where
we met the Indians" end the
Old gentleman would look long and visit
fallv cut UnOl the pTuiTie3. When THE
GAZETTE representative approached the
old gentlemen seemed glad to find an au-
die1ce, and proceeded At once to relate
ais history and the object CT his mission
"IGl oae OF the old ones" said he, "and
have been to Austin for my pension
money. have been eaItled TO pension
for some tine, but coulln't get il until
went 60 Austin. Y0u see when Sam
Houston was about finishing uD his little
business with the Mexicans be left me TO
Guard the frontier General Houston
knew NE, and kgeT II was left there
you'd bo nc Indians come
in tie settlements When
TIE Mexican Var was over
I went home Cud never .eCeiYod ms
formal discharge There was no enc 10
discharge me in this part Of tac stare and
I caTed b1t$litt!a for il anyhow, because
/ had beekaaf1shtiug the IlGisns since 1919,
aud ~ ysYt0of1Cd for 3rJXpecsed q pension.
Il.s lgsG9dt somewhat difiea.t - obtain
-7sF 0sa4S3n bat when ( went ~ see that
boy 1BfFs Comptroller, Mccall, I had no
mogsMcUb.e tnGn it IS for NE 10 sit ~
tais 64sir. Nobody has any trouble WITH
sth9T hbY; got along as we'll as if | had
sSeeD Use best lawyer IN the state" and
he rubgesSshis hands IN great good humUr.
81 wrotetSis ffsstss=---..,la prominent
lawyer OF AUSTIN end told him
! would give MIN SO to get my pension.
lie wroge ne back, here is his letter
CshCWng letter., and wanted me to take
500 and let him take what he could gee,
You see, ne Just wanted 10 beat NE. He
kaew that al he would have 10 do would
ba to ask Tor IL ami he would set it. I
told hlu-I wrote nm back-that he
should Rob have a cent, and l got on the
fsfRin and went TO Austin. l went in and
dEhlaRded my pRpers IL vas very polite
szIH wanted me 70 sit down. He agaia
asFealf l woglg pot accept Of his nropc-
sstic 4 and l E4used he wanted to beat
Ihae ouslof.fny money, AMI l told MN so
aud demanded my papers. just as soon as
II got my papers l went back to that Comp
trOllsr BOY and just sat down minute
end then went oHt with another boy 10
sthe bank, whotSgesented two checks and
sotasIqse ZOO. And you see that
lawYers Wsnt SgEto beat me out OF $500,
and LEI had stst gone to Austin l would
Ggp24osI itnynt that Comptroller boy mi
itsRss lone Ahe don't try 70 beat sny-
z6sFS. HSa6s no interest in the matte.
l94ss to lS4lnI The moEey and he gets
pssA asatsSE l tell you nobody wants
s. ISss ~ 5EsS3ahst boy. I got along a.
vel as f i1ssefsssssas. LIE. tsstr lawyer in
the country" a1dsfr seesase(i Ea be highly
delighted with the thought of his clever
ness and success.
"Eur YOU were saving something about
finding tie bones OF Denton?" vcntured
the reporter in the hLpes of bringing him
10 the stirring events of long ago.
Yes: poor Denton! I'm not at NY
self to-day. | feel ike | had been on g
spree. ] did not sleep last nigh: was on
the cars and did not sleep. slept some
in town this morning, and don't YOU thiak
they charged me hall dollar for sleep
ing three hours!n said he with evident
surprise. "Now, if | hat gone up to the
other end of the village | could have gos
8 bed for two bits in some of those
taverus, couldn't I?r'
The reporter told him that hotels
charged 80 and % cents for q room. no
matter how short time il was
Cccuniad